The sincerity of
singing this prayer can be evaluated by asking ourselves the following 3
questions:

First: Do we want Him?

The first line calls for God’s full
attention in our lives. We all want that personal attention when illness,
tragedy, or disaster affects us; but what about all the time?

Secondly: Do we want Them?

The end result of the Lord’s
countenance shining on His people is that others come in; people from outside
the church who are troubled, who are sick, who have the baggage of living for
years without Christ. (10, out of the 15 lines in this Psalm, are about ‘Them’.)

Thirdly: Do we want Us?

The blessing promised here changes our lives and
changes the world but this prayer/song is corporate, communal. If we are not
focused on being Kingdom minded and living in community then this text doesn’t
belong to us.